El Salvador vs Panama: Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index
El Salvador
1.01 index
in 2024
Panama
1.01 index
in 2024
El Salvador rank
55th
Panama rank
57th
Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index over time
- El Salvador
- Panama
How they compare
El Salvador currently reports 1.01 index against 1.01 index in Panama, a difference of 0 index.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 43 shared years of data; in 1970 it was El Salvador ahead.
El Salvador ranks 55th and Panama ranks 57th of 215 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 3 and Panama in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | El Salvador | Panama | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.9839 index | 0.9475 index | 0.0364 index | El Salvador |
| 1980s | 0.9912 index | 0.9521 index | 0.0391 index | El Salvador |
| 1990s | 0.9396 index | 0.9688 index | 0.0293 index | Panama |
| 2000s | 0.955 index | 0.9721 index | 0.0172 index | Panama |
| 2010s | 0.974 index | 0.9794 index | 0.0054 index | Panama |
| 2020s | 1.01 index | 0.9965 index | 0.0123 index | El Salvador |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index, El Salvador or Panama?
- El Salvador, at 1.01 index against 1.01 index in Panama as of 2024.
- What is the difference in primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index between El Salvador and Panama?
- 0 index, with El Salvador ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Panama?
- 43 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2024.
- How do El Salvador and Panama rank globally for primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index?
- El Salvador ranks 55th and Panama ranks 57th of 215 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
An adjusted gender parity index of 1 indicates equality in the expected number of years a child of school entrance age is likely to spend in primary school between boys and girls. Values below 1 favor boys, and above 1 favor girls.